Railway-switch.



G. S. RUGGLES.

RAILWAY SWITCH uruouron FILED MAY 19, 1908.

930,888. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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' Patented CHARLES S'.-'RUGGLES, or HURON, orno.

RAILWAY-SWITCH.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed May 19, 1908. Serial No. 433,705.

To all whom it may concern." I i Be it known that I, CHARLEs S. RUeeLns,

acitizen of the United'States, residingat Huron,,in the county of Erieand State of Ohio, have invented-a new and useful Railway-Switch, ofwhich the following is a specification. I i

This invention relates to railway switches and has for one of itsobjects to provide an improved structure in which provision is made forautomatically and positively locking the switching rails in adjustedposition.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mechanismwhereby thelocking dc vice will be automatically moved to release position by thesame mechanism that is employed for shifting the switchrails.

With these and other objects .in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in certain novel details'of constructionand arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the appended claims, it being understood that vari ous changes inthe form, proportion, sizeand minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacriiic in any of the advantagesof the invention.

in the accompanying drawings :Figure1 is a plan view of the switch setfor the main or through line. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the switch setfor the siding. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the secondary orauxiliary switch and its locking mechanism. Fig. 4 is a similar view ofa portion of the main switching mechanism. Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofone of the locking bolts. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 7 is adetail cross section drawn to an enlarged scale and showing one of therails, a bolt and the bolt guides. Fig. 8 is a detail view of aportionof a main line rail and a switch rail. Fig. 9 is a side elevationof one of the bolt keepers. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several "figures of the drawm s.

The main line rails 1 and 2 and the side line rails 3 and 4 arearrangedin the usual manner.

The main switch comprises a pair of pivoted rails 5 and 6 and a switchpoint 9, the latter being of the ordinary type and pivotally'connectedas usual to the end of the siding rail 3. The two switch rail members 5and 6 are arranged to slide laterally on the metallic plates 7 and arepivotally connected respectively'to the rails 2 and 4 while the freeends of said rails are preferably connected for mutual movement by meansof a block 8 and suitable connecting bolts.

The auxiliary or secondary switch member 10, more specifically referredto hereinafter,

is pivotally connected at the juncture of the rail 2 and the adjacentsiding rail 3 and may 'swin. between the ositions indicated in P Figs. 1and 2 for the purpose of forming a continuous rail for the main linev orfor the siding without the employment of the usual fro Krranged underthe main rails at a point adjacent the free terminals of the mainswitching members is a switch bar 11 that is arranged to move in thedirection of its length and is also free for slight lateral play. Nearone end of the switch bar is a longitudinally disposed slot 12 withwhich engages a pin or bolt carried by one end of a lever 13 that isfulcrumed at a point intermediate its ends to a rigid bracket 20 that isbolted or otherwise secured to one of the permanent main line rails 2.The opposite end of the lever 13 is pivotally connected to a slidablelocking bolt 14 that is carried by the switch rail 6. The constructionof this bolt is best shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the bolt having atapered keeper engaging portion and being substantially T-shapcd incross section, its web 18 fitting between a pair of grooved guide plates16 that are bolted or otherwise secured to the web of the rail, the mainweb 18 of the bolt having an enlarged head 15 that fits within thegroove of the guide bars. The bolt is arranged to engage with a keeper27" that is permanently secured to the main rail 2 as shown more clearlyin Figs. 9 and 10. The switch operating bar 11 is further provided witha longitudinally disposed slot .21 that is arranged to receive a pin 22that also forms a pivotal connection between the adj accnt ends of apair of links 23 and 24;, the opposite ends of said links engaging resectively with bolts 25 and 26 one of whici is carried by the switch rail5 and the other by the switch point 9. The bolt 26 is arranged to engagewith a keeper 28 and the bolt 25 with a corresponding keeper 28. Thelink 24 is pivotally mounted at the outer end of a bracket 27 that ispermanently secured to the main line rail 1 and really forms a lever toassist in the movement of the other link 23.

The operation of the device as thus far described and assuming the partsto be in the position shown in Fig. 1 and tobe moved to the positionshown in Fig. 2; an outward pull on the switch bar together with aslight movement of the handle end of the bar toward the left of Fig. 1will operate on all of the members 1.3, 23 and 24 and will shift thelocking bolt 25 out of engagement with its keeper 28, and on continuingthe movement the switch members 5, 6 and 9 will be moved. to thepositions shown in Fig. 2, thus shifting the switch. During the initialpart of this movement the pin at the ends of the members Band 24 will beat that end of the slots 12 and 21 nearest the siding, but as themovement continues the bar will ride inde pendently of the pins untilthe latter are caught against the opposite ends of the slots and thenthe continuation of the movement will operate on the members 13 and 24to shift the locking bolts 14 and 26 into engagement with the keepers 27and 28 thus locking the switch members in the newly adj usted position.The return movement is accomplished in a similar manner by an end.- wisethrust on the switch bar.

The extreme outer end of the switch bar is connected to one arm of abell crank lever 29 arranged at a point outside the rails and theopposite arm of the bell crank lever is connected to one arm of a bellcrank lever 30 by means of a rod 31. The second arm of the bell cranklever 30 is connected to one end of a link 32 and the inner end of thelink is connected to one end of a lever 33 that is centrally pivoted tothe end of a rigid bracket 35 that is carried by the siding rail 3. Thelever 33 is connected to one end of a slidable locking bolt 34 carriedby the auxiliary rail 10 and which is arranged to interlock with akeeper 36 carried by the main line rail 2. When movement is transmittedHaving thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A railway switch, embodying fixed and movable main and siding railsections, guides secured to the movable sections, locking bolts slidablymounted in said guides, keepers secured to the fixed rail sections, andmeans for simultaneously moving the locking bolts into and out ofengagement with the keepers.

2. In a railway switch, including fixed and movable rail sections,slidable locking bolts carried by the movable rails, keepers carried bythe fixed rails, and. an operating connection operating on the severalbolts to move them from engagement with the keepers and then operatingthrough the bolts on the movable rails to shift the latter.

3. In a railway switch, embodying fixed and movable rail sections,locking bolts carried by the movable rails, keepers carried by the fixedrails, a switch operating bar, and connections extending from the bar tothe several bolts whereby the bolts are first moved to a releasingposition and. then the movable rails shifted and. the bolts again movedto lock the movable rails in the newly adjusted positions.

4. A railway switch, comprising a main line and. siding rail members, aswitch rail section pivoted to the point of intersection of the main andsiding rail members, a looking bolt slidably mounted on said pivotedsection, means for actuating said bolt and operating through the same tomove said section into alinement with either the main line or sidingrail members, and a keeper with which said locking bolt engages.

5. In a railway switch, the combination of fixed. and movable railsections, an operating bar disposed transversely of the same andprovided with longitudinal slots, keepers on the fixed rail sections,brackets projecting from said fixed sections, slidable locking bolts onthe movable rail sections adapted to engage the keepers, and leverspivoted intermediate their ends on the said brackets and having theiropposite ends respectively pivoted to the bolts and carrying pinsengaging the slots in the operating member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. RUGGLES.

lVitnesses:

HARRY A. (3001:, \V. It. TYLER.

